Simon Willison
shot-scraper 1.10
tool-useagentic
What happened
Simon Willison released shot-scraper 1.10, a CLI utility for website screenshots, video demos, and scraping. The key update is the shot-scraper video command, which uses a YAML storyboard to let AI agents programmatically record video demonstrations of their browser-based actions.
Why it matters
It provides a lightweight, scriptable tool for browser-use agents to document and verify their actions visually.
The take
This is a highly practical utility for developers building browser-use agents. Giving agents the ability to record video of their execution path provides an excellent medium for debugging, visual evals, and user-facing transparency.
Do this
If you build browser-based agents, integrate shot-scraper to record execution videos for easier debugging and visual evaluation.
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